No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.